Overview
- At the Assembly’s opening session on October 1, RN deputies Sébastien Chenu and Hélène Laporte were elected vice presidents with 341 and 340 votes, restoring roles they held from 2022 to 2024.
- The outcome followed negotiations backed by Speaker Yaël Braun‑Pivet to mirror group strength, while left‑wing parties decried the move as a break with the previous ‘front républicain’.
- La France insoumise’s Clémence Guetté and Nadège Abomangoli also secured vice presidencies, MoDem and Horizons took the remaining two, and the three incumbent questeurs were reconfirmed.
- An Ifop‑Fiducial poll conducted September 24–25 places the RN at 33–35% in first‑round intentions, with Édouard Philippe at 16–19% and Raphaël Glucksmann at 14–16%, ahead of Jean‑Luc Mélenchon on 12–13% (n=1,127; online; margin ≈1.4–3.1 pts).
- The RN’s institutional return and polling lead are intensifying strategic calculations for 2027 as centre‑right figures press conditions for roles in Sébastien Lecornu’s pending government lineup.